Example sentences of "it a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Kenya Harris Okong'o Arara continues to serve a five-year sentence imposed in 1988 under a law which makes it a criminal offence simply to possess literature critical of the government . |
| 2 | Nor is it a one-sided account of the injustices suffered by this people , or a defence of the energetic stranger . |
| 3 | Is it a book about Poland ? |
| 4 | Roth got to know Bellow in Chicago , where Roth worked as a university teacher , finding it a lively place . |
| 5 | Herling is thought to resemble Dostoevsky , whose Prototypical prison book , The House of the Dead , has in it a mansion tenanted by obnoxious , caricatured Jews . |
| 6 | This day the butler went oot tae gie it a piece an it tore him doon wae its feets an mooth . |
| 7 | If you get it right , the cricket ball will travel two hundred yards in four seconds , and all you 've done is give it a knock like knocking the top off a bottle of stout , and it makes a noise like a trout taking a fly … |
| 8 | What we 're trying to do is to write cricket bats , so that when we throw up an idea and give it a little knock , it might … travel … |
| 9 | Do you think it a good idea coming into drama training direct from school ? |
| 10 | That , wrote Harsnet , is part of the reason why I have chosen glass and not canvas or wood , that is why in my notes I have called it a delay in glass , which is to say a refusal of shit . |
| 11 | I will perhaps call it a constipation in glass , wrote Harsnet , not a delay in glass , but an advance , he wrote , on my last readymade , the hard stool , my present to Goldberg on the occasion of his third wedding . |
| 12 | Even in gallery , he wrote , it will disturb no one , merely make it a little more difficult to get from one side of the room to the other . |
| 13 | After all , since our last meeting , if one can call it a meeting , at the entrance to the sweet little National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh , all those years ago , you have cut yourself off from your friends and well-wishers . |
| 14 | You do n't find it a sewer ? he asked me . |
| 15 | I have great admiration for all those involved in the Academy of Culinary Arts and think it a fine , courageous and important creation , but can someone explain how a meal of such ineptitude can be served in its name , and how some of the best chefs and restaurateurs in the world can have eaten it without public comment ? |
| 16 | The Psion Organiser : is it a fancy calculator , or a battery-powered log book ? |
| 17 | This gives it a whitish sparkle as light catches millions of tiny prisms and reflects white light . |
| 18 | ‘ Generally frozen pasta has whole egg in it , giving it a softer , smoother texture which goes well with cream and lighter tasting sauces . ’ |
| 19 | Alibert fresh pasta from Olga Catering is also in special packaging , which is said to give it a guaranteed shelf-life of 60 days . |
| 20 | Vaughan loves to cook , but finds it a punishing way to make a living : ‘ People told me that there was no job harder than nursing , ’ recalls Vaughan , ‘ but they were wrong ! |
| 21 | Rita can go on for her , and Jack 's understudy can take over as the maid , Rita 's part — we 'll make it a footman . |
| 22 | ‘ Do n't call it a do , ’ Claire said . |
| 23 | I kept just killing time until it had gone eleven o'clock and all the cinema-goers had gone in for the late shows , at which point I decided to call it a day . |
| 24 | ‘ Let's give it a whirl . ’ |
| 25 | I went with Kathleen to see it a couple of days later . |
| 26 | Well , after much deliberation and a family pow-wow or two we decided we 'd give it a go one Sunday afternoon , between the hours of 2 and 6pm . |
| 27 | There are compact , slow-growing forms of nearly all our native trees , but though these are always my first option I consider it a mistake to limit planting choice to our indigenous flora . |
| 28 | Give it a rich soil in full sun and it will pay for its keep a thousandfold . |
| 29 | Give it a sunny position and it will be your pal for life . |
| 30 | Dramatic foliage and flowers make it a worthwhile challenge for the adventurous . |